Senegal’s small scale gold miners still use poisonous mercury: how to reduce the harm: “Do not fish in these waters.” “Contains high levels of mercury.” These warnings are shown at thousands of lakes and rivers globally, as well as on numerous fish products. But eating mercury-laden fish is not the only source of mercury exposure. …
Somali pirates are back in action: but a full scale return isn’t likely. Here’s why: An Iranian fishing vessel, Almeraj 1, was reportedly hijacked by Somali pirates in November 2023. According to media reports, the pirates demanded US$ 400,000 in ransom and threatened to use the Iranian ship for additional hijackings if the payment was …
Libya flood disaster: scale of the catastrophe must bring the two warring factions together: A century ago, the coastal city of Derna was well known for picture-perfect beaches, palm trees and whitewashed villas mainly inhabited by Libya’s Italian colonial occupiers. Today, in the aftermath of Storm Daniel, which brought 400mm of rain to the region, …
UN invasive species report reveals scale of threat to nature and people – and how to manage it: Lionfish are an invasive species in the Caribbean. Drew McArthur/Shutterstock More than 3,500 invasive alien species are seriously compromising human wellbeing and causing irreversible damage to ecosystems, according to the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem …
Young people are abandoning news websites – new research reveals scale of challenge to media: shutterstock Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock The crisis in journalism caused by the traditional news media’s struggles to cope with the digital revolution has been well documented over many years. But news organisations now face a much more fundamental change driven by generations who …
South Africa’s power blackouts: solutions lie in solar farms and battery storage at scale, and an end to state monopoly: Protestors take to the streets in Johannesburg, South Africa against extended power cuts. Photo by Ihsaan Haffejee/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Rolling blackouts are costing South Africa dearly. The electricity crisis is a barrier to …
IPCC’s conservative nature masks true scale of action needed to avert catastrophic climate change: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) synthesis report recently landed with an authoritative thump, giving voice to hundreds of scientists endeavouring to understand the unfolding calamity of global heating. What’s changed since the last one in 2014? Well, we’ve dumped …
Open Source Career Day at SCaLE 20x: Open Source Career Day at SCaLE 20x lufthans Tue, 03/07/2023 – 06:00 Southern California Linux Expo (SCaLE) has been a great place for careers in Open Source, and the Open Source Career Day (OSCD) is returning for SCaLE 20x on Sunday, March 12th. For many years, SCaLE had …
4 questions open source engineers should ask to mitigate risk at scale: 4 questions open source engineers should ask to mitigate risk at scale kathryn.xtang@… Mon, 02/20/2023 – 03:00 At Shopify, we use and maintain a lot of open source projects, and every year we prepare for Black Friday Cyber Monday (BFCM) and other high-traffic …
Direct support to small scale farmers reduces poverty – what Zambia is doing right: Coffee harvest at a farm in Zambia. Photo by Oleksandr Rupeta/NurPhoto via Getty Images Over half of Zambia’s population lived below the national poverty line in 2015. In rural areas, where 89% of households are engaged in agriculture, the poverty rate …
HPC containers at scale using Podman: HPC containers at scale using Podman lastephey Fri, 01/13/2023 – 03:00 This article describes recent work done at NERSC in collaboration with Red Hat to modify Podman (the pod manager tool) to run at a large scale, a key requirement for high-performance computing (HPC). Podman is an open source …
Use this open source API gateway to scale your API: Use this open source API gateway to scale your API iambobur Mon, 01/09/2023 – 03:00 An API gateway is a single point of entry for incoming calls to an application programming interface (API). The gateway aggregates the services being requested and then returns the appropriate …
We tested Einstein’s theory of gravity on the scale of the universe – here’s what we found: Thousands of galaxies seen by the James Webb Space Telescope. Nasa Everything in the universe has gravity – and feels it too. Yet this most common of all fundamental forces is also the one that presents the biggest …
Digital solutions are boosting agriculture in Kenya, but it’s time to scale up. Here’s how: Photo by Billy Mutai/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Digital agricultural services have proliferated across Africa over the last decade. Most are services that work on mobile phones, although more advanced technologies are in use too – like satellite images, sensors, …
Online events: how to strengthen volunteering, scale up mental health provision and counter misinformation: Shutterstock The COVID-19 pandemic has been one of the most disruptive and damaging events in decades. But since December 2020, The Conversation has been playing a key role in a project that seeks to mitigate some of its harms: the International …
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Scalable storage for the masses to debut in ownCloud Infinite Scale: Scalable storage for the masses to debut in ownCloud Infinite Scale Markus Feilner Fri, 08/05/2022 – 03:00 Register or Login to like Register or Login to like So far, ownCloud users have only had the opportunity to choose between simple local file storage based …
Africa’s large aquatic animals are being hunted and traded: we assessed the scale: Hawksbill turtle. Photo by Jonas Gratzer/LightRocket via GettyImages Across most of the world, and particularly in the tropics and subtropics, large wild aquatic animals – such as manatees, turtles and dolphins – are being hunted and traded. This is not a new …